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October 11, 2009
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Hi guys,
Ran across some 320 gr. SSKs on PennBullets.com. Just ordered a bunch.
Any you fellas shot these? They going in a 445 SM. The site says you can shoot these little fellas at 1500 FPS or so and not have to worry about lead foul as they are a HARD bullet. That make sense?
I always thought that unless you were using gas checks you have to keep the FPS down on cast bullets so they would not foul too bad.
DooM
February 4, 2009
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Hello DooM.
I don't personally have any experience with the exact bullets in question.
I have, however, had some experience with the Laser-Cast bullets which also are supposedly hard enough to avoid lead fouling at faster speeds without gas checks. What I found is that while I didn't have to cripple the FPS, I definitely found a bit more fouling than I preferred at the published FPS in a 44 mag, or as close to it as I could get without a chrono confirmation of speed.
I would try and find a happy medium by slowing them down a couple 100 fps. They should be reasonably courteous to your barrel without excess fouling. I recommend loading roughly 20 rds. at various powder levels to try and find the least offensive fouling point. I really don't think you should try and shoot at the 1500 fps spec unless you find that fouling is at a minimum.
I personally gave up on the lead because of the trial and error to find the best velocity/accuracy with minimum fouling. The extra cleaning and tweaking involved wasn't worth the extra savings to me personally. Having said that, your mileage may vary, especially due to the different manufacturer. One thing I must also mention is that there was, at a certain point, excess fouling caused by the bullet actually traveling too slow- I am not real clear on the logistics of why this happened. Those lead bullets are a bit too fickle for me. I am sure somebody else in these forums have opinions on this matter, but since you've received no response to your question yet, I figured I would offer my limited experience.
Good luck to you.
Dans Club
May 17, 2009
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Here's a question. How do you detect lead fouling in the barrel? Can you see it by looking down the barrel. I haven't shoot many lead bullets but have loaded quite a few and plan to shoot them very soon.
Ed
February 4, 2009
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jaggman said:
Here's a question. How do you detect lead fouling in the barrel? Can you see it by looking down the barrel. I haven't shoot many lead bullets but have loaded quite a few and plan to shoot them very soon.
Ed
The most obvious place to look for lead fouling will be in the forcing cone. You should also be able to see deposits in the rifling as well.
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Dans Club
February 9, 2009
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Jaggman, as CDF mentioned you will see it in the rifling typically just beyond the forcing cone, usially about 1" to2" then it subsides. I have cleaned lead way too often from barrels, I very judiciously load lead because of it.
A man cannot have too many SuperMags
October 11, 2009
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This is the bullet I am talking about. I like to shoot lead sometimes. Most of the time jacketed. but heck to tell the truth as long as it goes bang and a hole is in the target I like to shoot it. What I don't like is lead foul so think it seems to come out in sheets.......
http://www.pennbullets.com/44/44-caliber.html
d00M
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Dans Club
February 9, 2009
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Doom,
I have intending to try Penn Bullets. Let me know if you do what you think about them. My experience with Laser Cast has been OK, minor leading.
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